Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-08-27
HOMEMADE BUTTER.
The Experience and Methods of a Success,
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~ VI - ohNANNi
fui Butter-Maker.
My experience in butter-makinC i
that Of twenty-five years, and when
inform the reader that my butter 70
that length of time has always com
mSnded al least two cents Il poun
more than that usually sent to tn
markets it may not appear egotistica
in me to speak of my success. hav,
tried keeping milk in cellars an,
spring-houSes; the former | did not lik,
because Of the liability of milk an,
butter TO take on the odors of thei
surroundings, and it is next to impos
sIble 70 prevent an accumulation 0
various unSavory articles in a celia
not entirely devoted to dairy purposes
y Spring-houSe | found almost equall,
Objectionable. owing to the irregularitl
Of temperature, which.causes the plac,
to become almost useless in the middle
OF the warm days, thus rendering tn,
cream difficult to churn and the butter
often without flavor, For all purpose,
Of milk setting | have room eXcayated
about four feet below the surface of the
ground; it is nine by twelve feet, and
the walls are built of square timbers
nine inches through and six feet above
the ground; the roof is of planks, two
thicknesSes. On two sides of the bot
tom | have a ditch ten inches wide and
a covered drain to carry off the water
with which the floors and drain are
covered every morning. | always let
the milk stand about twenty minutes
before ~straining, and then put it into
common. onc-gallon flaring stone
crooks. What is MIXED one day is all
skinned the evening of the next. and
the cream thrown together, a teaspoon
full of salt being added to each gallon
Of cream. NeNtmorning it is churned,
before sunrise if possible. | use no
thermometer, as | can tell by the APP
pearmce and taste Of the cream if it is
too cold or too warm. If too cold, |
add warm (not hot) water and let
stand a half hour; if too warm, be very
sure and add enough cold water before
churning i commenced. If I have
trouble in getting the butter to come or
TO gather it after it has come. | throw
into the churn an ounce or 50 of sailed
and the trouble is quickly remc-
l wash the butter with only one
handle carefully with a wooden
give one ounce of salt to one and
pound Of butter, make into one
pound squares or pyramids, have some
white cloths dipped in strong salt and
water with a very little sugar added),
and dried; wrap each pound separately
and lay them in a keg or jar, and set in
/ cool place until wanted for market,
| have never had occasion to use any
# the various butter colors. | believe
carefully handled, will keep bet.
.er and be more delicious to the taste
without the addition of articles that |
nave known to be dclrtcrious. If my |
is not colored enough when it |
comes from the churn, | set it away for
.Weiyc or t%wcnty-foUr hours, then han
it q, if just churned, and it is all
light in color. Living in a grass re-
zion, We seldom feed our COWS during |
,ummer and early fall; when the grass
to fail we feed them a little corn
II the ear, with occasionally Il feed Of
.heaf oats, and give salt once Il week; in |
summer we give salt once every two
lays. Our COWS are natives, mostly. |
find the grades give larger quantities
milk, but it does not average any
more butter to the COW than the natives. |
f | make one and a-half pound Il day
each COW, it is doing pretty well |
thinh, and that is what | average the
'ear round. Some Of my cows come
II in January, but most Of them in
Nay and June. dry them off about a
month before coming in, 50 there is
lot much time lost. | have had no
experience with ~crcameries, but iudg-
ne from the butter that is here called |
'creamcry,n | am not f~avorably i'm
PRESSED with them. 1t has (to mel an
taste, as though too much milk
vas somehow retained in it; and real
y, for Il modcrate-sizcd dairy, | think
/ creamery entirely superiluous. !
Il think from the standpoint OF
majority Of American housewives.
Of Us are limited in mean and
United in help, and we all know that
,utter which is faultlcss is rarely to be
ound; but when tried and found per-
Get it is a source Of no mean income, |
md ! advise all farmers wives to try
make Il perfect article. Leave
.reamcrics and butter colors alone. II
'ou manage your milk properly, your
,utter will be better than if made in a
'reamery, and il the color is sometimes
not so golden as YOU might wish, if the
is all right it will never fail to
imply rcmunerate You for all your
yOrk.-AuHt PhocJe, Ia Rural New
Yorker.